Walthamstow Short Walk

Along residential streets to Lloyd Park (William Morris Gallery) and the Old Village, then plenty of food and drink options. Longer option with woods and commons.

History

This is a list of previous times this walk has been done by the club (since Jan 2010). For more recent events (since April 2015), full details are shown.

Date	Option	Post	#	Weather
Fri, 17-Jan-25		Evening Walk - Walthamstow: residential streets, Lloyd Park/William Morris Gallery, W'stow Village, God's Own Junkyard and tap rooms, Orford Road [New Walk]	10	cold but fine

Friday 17-Jan-25

Evening Walk - Walthamstow: residential streets, Lloyd Park/William Morris Gallery, W'stow Village, God's Own Junkyard and tap rooms, Orford Road [New Walk] 10

Thomas G

Length: 4.6 km (2.9 mi)

Ascent/Descent: 43m

Net Walking Time: 1 ¼ hrs

Meet: Walthamstow Central Station (Bus Station Exit!, check the pdf for directions if confused) at 18.25 hours prompt! (Lloyd Park closes at 19.00 in the winter and we do not want to be locked in…)

Walthamstow Central (Zone 3) is the easterly terminus of the Victoria Line (journey time 19 minutes from Oxford Circus) and a stop on the Chingford branch of the Weaver Lines of the Overground from Liverpool Street (journey time 15 minutes, i.e. 18.03 train). The station is linked to Walthamstow Queen's Road station on the Suffragette Line of the Overground (Gospel Oak to Barking) by a broad footpath, the Ray Dudley Way.

This short walk through the lively suburban town of Walthamstow leads along quiet and not-so-quiet streets to the pretty Lloyd Park with its landscaped gardens, moated island and the famous William Morris Gallery. After a short circuit through the park, quiet streets are followed to the small but impressive Walthamstow Village Conservation Area with its charming cottages, the parish church with stunning memorials in its churchyard, the Vestry Museum and The Ancient House, London’s oldest dwelling.

The route back to the station passes numerous pubs, cafés and restaurants along the renowned Orford Road, as well as brewery taprooms and the one-of-a-kind God’s Own Junkyard in a small industrial estate.

Relevant (winter) Walk Options:

· A loop past the impressive Town Hall adds 470m.

· Bus stops are never far away.

For walk directions , map, photos and gpx/kml files click here . T=short.65

EBB

Fri, 03-Jan-25

This is my manor! I'm sure Thomas is planning to include the incomparable Walthamstow town hall on this walk. Although they are building some new housing around it, they seem to have cleaned it and in the early evening it's floodlit and looking v handsome...
Thomas G

Sat, 18-Jan-25

10 met on time, but sadly not including The Lady of The Manor, on a cold but fine evening.
We got the pre-drinks part of the route done in 50 minutes and then visited God's Own Junkyard (a first for most), where some had a bowl of liquid.
On, back to Orford Road, to select a place for a meal, where the group was torn into 2, 1 part going back to The Nag's Head ('s upper floor), a smaller one to The Kitchen.
2 of the non-eaters from the Nag's Head group then joined The Kitchen folk at The Castle, where the rest of us then also headed, so that after a while all 10 were back together again.
The Castle had a 'piano jukebox' thing going (you could ask the piano player to play any of 300 songs), so half of us stayed for a (is this a record?) 22.45 finish.
A well received walk, I'd say.
p.s.: Amongst all that, we had to say farewell to one of ours, who in a few hours will move up to the 'Wee Green Place' (= Glasgow, in English) for a new job opportunity. All the best!